Brown and White Vol. 99 no. 25

              see university page 3 the university's research labs alone use an average of eight million gallons each month in addition residence halls and dining services use approximately two million gallons of water every three months lehigh one of the 10 biggest consumers of bethlehem's water supply uses an amazing amount of this dwindling resource the university's research labs alone use an average of eight million gallons each month in addition residence halls and dining limiting supplies bethlehem's two reservoirs are 67.7 percent full said jeffery andrews city superintendent of water supply and treat ment for this time of year this level is considerably low he said by aries c keck science writer despite recent rain and snow falls the city of bethlehem and surrounding areas are under a drought watch unless weather conditions change the watch will probably turn into a drought emergency by late feb ruary during a drought emergency water sup plies are rationed and water conservation becomes mandatory a drought warning limits water supplies and calls for voluntary conservation a watch involves slightly vol 99 n0.25 tuesday january 28 1992 the brown and white lehigh university winter wonderland likins solicits forum suggestions to curb post-game violence by lydia federico news writer lehigh president peter likins last thursday asked forum members and non-forum students for suggestions on how to curb violent behavior at the next lehigh-lafayette game however due to a small turnout at the forum meeting likins did not receive as much input as he would have liked i really hoped there would be more people here just to holler at me to voice their complaints likins said he stressed the importance that the solution to the lehigh-lafayette problem be a campus decision but he was concerned with how to get students involved if they don't show up to important dis cussions likins explained to those in attendance that the top priority for the game is public safety he said the switch from wooden to metal goal posts was done to protect students and the increase in the number of police was done to prevent people from climbing on the metal posts and possibly falling the student leaders really try likins said but you get a bunch of drunks out fighting on the field and someone is bound to get hurt likins said that the lehigh-lafayette conflict is a problem that all students should want to solve i think the students really understand there is a problem here likins said we beat up on each other after ball games and put people in the hospital and i get the angry phone call from the mom likins said the use of alcohol is responsible for much of the problem surrounding the game but that there has been a decrease in campus drinking alcohol is the biggest problem on this campus by far likins said it just warps everything students who offered ideas to likins included forum member oren leff 93 who suggested awarding the most valuable player award imme diately after the game to prevent people from rushing the field mike engling a graduate student in the math ematics department agreed with leff and stressed see forum page 5 leave the greek system he said every thing that could be done to help tep was done you can only do so much the chap ter has to pick it up and do the bulk of it he said it is undetermined what the house will be used for tep was given the opportu nity to hold the house for a couple of years giving it a chance to regroup after a meeting on sunday the members of tep declined the offer and are now offi cially not a chapter the brothers of tep have moved to various apartments off campus the pledge will be initiated sometime this spring ficient facilities for their downfall but many other off-campus fraternities such as pi kappa alpha and delta chi have had no problem getting new pledges while claiming their facilities are equivalent to that of tep's they had a choice of whether to be an active chapter or not they ended up choosing not to robeson said by re maining an active chapter they still would have had to pay obligation fees robeson believes the brothers weren't motivated about the fraternity sustaining and getting involved in rush tep has had trouble with rushing in the last couple of years robeson laments tep's decision to tau epsilon phi closes lehigh chapter by sylvia barreto news writer the brothers of tau epsilon phi va cated their house over winter break and have closed their chapter they cited de clining membership and financial reasons for their demise tep has been an active fraternity in the lehigh greek system for 23 years in the past few years tep's member ship has declined with this past fall bring ing only one new pledge without new pledges the brothers found it impossible to pay the costs necessary to sustain the chapter bob robeson assistant dean of stu dents said many brothers blame the inef drought watch issued for bethlehem area services use approximately two million gallons of water every three months the price for that kind of usage adds up in november lehigh's water bill was 35,700 for 12.4 million gallons most of it used in the research labs despite the large amounts of water le high uses facilities services does not foresee a drop in water usage i don't think the city would view us as a place to make cutbacks said the office's energy savers page 9